Robust Ghost Pipefish

Broad-bodied seahorse relative that hangs head-down among seagrass and drifting weed, matching a dead blade so closely that it is usually found only once it moves. The female broods her eggs in a pouch formed from her fused pelvic fins.

Seagrass beds, drifting weed and sheltered rubble slopes

Hovers head-down mimicking a drifting leaf; female is a pouch brooder